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|accepted_name=Ipomoea cairica
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Sweet
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Hort. Brit.,
|place=287. 1826
|year=1826
}}
|common_names=Cairo morning glory
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Convolvulus cairicus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|publication_place=10, 2: 922.  1759
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Convolvulaceae;Ipomoea;Ipomoea cairica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Convolvulaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ipomoea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ipomoea cairica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials.</b> Stems usually twining, sometimes trailing. <b>Leaf</b> blades orbiculate to ovate, 30–100 × 30–100 mm overall, palmatisect, lobes 5 (proximal 2 sometimes 2-lobed), lance-elliptic, lanceolate, or lance-ovate, (5–)10–25(–70) × (3–)8–15(–30) mm, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces glabrous. <b>Peduncles</b> glabrous; pedicels straight, 10–25 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals oblong to ovate, 4–6.5(–9) mm, outers slightly shorter than inners, chartaceous, margins scarious, apex obtuse to acute; corolla lavender-blue or white, throat purplish-red, funnelform, 45–60 mm. <b>2n</b> = 30.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Oct.
|habitat=Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites.
|elevation=-20–200 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Calif.;Fla.;La.;Africa;introduced also in Mexico (Oaxaca);West Indies;South America.
|introduced=true
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ipomoea cairica
|authority=(Linnaeus) Sweet
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Convolvulus cairicus
|family=Convolvulaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Oct.
|habitat=Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites.
|elevation=-20–200 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Calif.;Fla.;La.;Africa;introduced also in Mexico (Oaxaca);West Indies;South America.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Hort. Brit.,
|publication year=1826
|special status=Weedy;Introduced
|source xml=
|genus=Ipomoea
|species=Ipomoea cairica
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